Fostering Support Assistant
This is an exciting opportunity to assist in the effective and efficient delivery of our fostering service based at our Doncaster office.
We’re looking for a self-motivated and proactive person with experience of working with children/young people in a social care/educational setting.
You’ll need to have good organisational skills to prioritise your workload and work to deadlines. You’ll need to think creatively and identify solutions to problems as well as have good communication skills, both written and verbal.
You’ll be expected to maintain professional boundaries when working with children and foster carers, and will need a good understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality.
What You’ll Need
- GCSE grade C (or above) English and maths.
- NVQ L3 Health & Social Care would be advantageous.
- Full, clean driving license and your own vehicle. You will be expected to drive extensively.
- Flexible approach to working hours – including weekends and evenings.
Salary: £23,840.09 (Band A), with opportunity to progress to £31,944.67 (Band H)
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: 37 hours/week
Location: Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Closing Date & Interview Date: 19th December, 12th January
To apply for this role, please complete our application form.
At Tree House Care we provide quality fostering families for children who are in care. We recruit the right foster carers, who want to help us give our children a chance to be the very best they can be. We give our foster carers the tools they need to do this, with our own specialised training and support.
We are committed to striving for new and improved ways to provide excellent care for our children and young people and Ofsted recognised that “a significant strength is the agency’s commitment to the research-informed therapeutic approaches to caring for children and young people.” You can find out more about our therapeutic approach here.
